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A sea of misadventures : Shipwreck and survival in early America /

"A Sea of Misadventures examines more than one hundred documented shipwreck narratives from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century as a means to understanding gender, status, and religion in the history of early America. Though it includes all the drama and intrigue afforded by maritime disa...

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Main Author: Mitchell-Cook, Amy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Shipwrecks > America > History.
Survival at sea > America > History.
Seas.
Ships > history
Disasters > history
Survival
Oceans and Seas
seas.
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781611173024
1611173027
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Fact or fiction? The Publication of American Shipwreck Narratives
  • The legalities of loss, wreck, and ruin
  • God, nature, and the role of religion in shipwreck
  • They worked like horses but behaved like men
  • To honor their worth, beauty, and accomplishments
  • Chaos and cannibalism on the high seas
  • Portuguese narratives : A Comparative Perspective.

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